Gismo Queen and her King

Day 48 - Yulara to Agnes Creek rest area (on Stuart Highway)

There was no hurry this morning as we had no specific destination and we knew there wasn't going to be much to see along the way so we tried to wait for the morning to warm up before departing. We also had to fill with water as we hadn't had a site with water for the last few days. So it was 10:30am before we were on the road, with the first stop being 240km down the road at the intersection of the Stuart Highway, at Erlunda. We filled up with fuel and then lunch, before heading down the road.

We arrived at the South Australian border (our fifth state/territory on this trip!) and had planned to stay at the rest area here but it was busy so we kept going.

A further 50km down the road we found a pleasant roadside stop with firepits so we pulled in and soon had the kettle on. Not long after that, the campfire was started. I went to chat to some people with a van like we want (yes, I know this one isn't very old, but the Savannah Way has proven that we need a better van for the kind of travels that we want to do) and when I came back, Paul had dragged up a lovely red gum limb. So I got the chainsaw out and we soon had a great store of firewood to keep us warm all night. Lisa made fantastic pizzas which we washed down with red wine in front of the very warm fire. The night did indeed get very cold (we had hot water bottles and the third doona - we were toasty) but it was very ambient in front of the campfire.

posted by Tracey @ 6:35 pm